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No. 623,397. Patented Apr. l8, I899.

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BLACKING BRUSH.

(Application filed Nov. 28, 1898.)

(No Model.)

INVENTOI? ATTORNEYS.

WITNESSES ilwrrnn STATES PATENT rrrcn.

JOSEPH R. DE \VITT, OF SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIRDS TO MICHAEL GOGGAN AND FRANK 0. DE HYMEL, OF SAME PLACE.

BLACKlNG-BRUSH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 623,397, dated April 18, 1899.

Application filedNovember 28, 1898. Serial No. 697,679. (No model.)

To (0Z5 whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH R. DE \VITT, of San Antonio, in the county of Bexar and State of Texas, have invented a'new and useful Improvement in Blacking-Brushes, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a means for attaching a box containing blacking to the blacking-brush and to provide for the blaching to be held in a dust-proof position over the dauber when the brush is not in use.

Another object of the invention is to so construct the attachment that the bristles of the dauber will be prevented from breaking down in use and whereby the blacking may be carried to a contact with the dauber or away therefrom by the operation of a simple controlling device arranged to be manipulated at the handle end of the brush.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a blackingbrush having the attachment applied, a portion of the attachment being in longitudinal vertical section, likewise the handle of the brush, the section through the attachment being taken substantially on the line 2 2 of Fig. 2; and Fig. 2 is a plan View of the brush and attachment applied to the brush, the attachment being in its normal position.

A represents a brush of any approved construction; B, a handle that is attached to the brush, the inner end of the handle that is secured to the back of the brush being preferably bifurcated, as shown in Fig. 2, and 0 represents the dauber of the brush. The dauber is surrounded by a ring or casing 11, capable of sliding to and from the upper-surface of said dauber, the said ring or casing serving to prevent the bristles of the dauber breaking down, and preferably the upper edge of the ring is given an upward and rearward inclination, as shown in Fig. 1. Be-

tween the ends of the brush, upon the back thereof, a bearing 12 is secured near each side edge, and said bearings carry a spindle 13, upon which spindle a wheel 14 is mounted to turn. A push-rod 15, preferably made of a single piece of wire bent to a U shape, is employed in connection with the wheel. The extremities of the members of the push-rod are curved, as shown at 16 in Fig. 1, and the curved ends of the push-rod are attached to opposite sides of the wheel 14 by suitable pivot-pins l7, the pivot-pins being located between the axis of the wheel and the periphery near the latter.

An arm 18 is secured to the periphery of the wheel 14 at a point opposite the attachment of the push-rod to the wheel and the outer portion of the arm 1% has the form of a ring 19, and said ring receives a box 20, the box being adapted to contain blacking. The saidbox is capable of being turned in its ringsupport. The blacking-box 20 is preferably made with aflaring upper edge, and when the blacking-box is brought over the dauber, as shown in Fig. 1, the flaring edge of the box will engage with the inclined upper edge of the ring 11. This position of the blackingbox is its normal position, and it is evident that dust will be prevented from lodging on the surface of the blacking and likewise upon the upper surface of the dauber.

An arm 21, havinga bifurcated rear end 22, is also provided. The members of the bifurcated portion 22 of the arm are carried at each 8 5 side of the wheel and are pivot-ally attached to the Wheel14 by means of pins 23, the pivotpins 23 being diagonally opposite the pins 17, connecting the push-rod 15 with the wheel. The opposite end of the arm 21 is formed into a ring 24, and this ring loosely receives the casing 11, surrounding the dauber. The arm 21, carrying the dauber-casing, is provided with a guide, said guide consisting of a rod 25, that extends from one bearing 12 to the other in front of the wheel 14, the arm 21 being passed through an eye 26 formed in the said rod. A latch 27 is located at the handle end of the brush, and-the said latch is adapted to engage with the upper edge of the black- I00 ing-box 20 when the blacking-box has been carried away from the dauber.

In operation when the blacking-box is in its normal position over the dauber, as shown in Fig. 1, and it is desired to use the brush the rod is pushed forward, whereupon the wheel 14: will be turned to such an extent as to bring the blacking-box face upward over the rear portion of the brush-back and in engagement with the catch 27, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1. The blacking may then be conveniently moistened, and if the dauber needs it it may be replenished by drawing the rod 15 rearward, whereupon the blacking will be carried to an engagement with the upper surface of the dauber, and the blacking-box is again carried to its rear position by pushing the rod 15 forward. Each time the rod 15 is pushed forward the casing 11, surrounding the dauber, is carried downward to expose a sufficient surface of the dauber for the application of blacking to the shoe, and when the rod 15 is drawn rearward to carry the blacking-box over the dauber the casing 11 will ride upward and meet the blacking-box, as shown in Fig. 1.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The combination with a blacking-brush and its dauber, of a wheel mounted on the back of the brush, an arm rigidly secured to said wheel, and being extended from the periphery thereof, the free end of said arm carrying a blacking-box, a push-rod pivotally attached to said wheel whereby the box may be carried forwardly to engagement with the dauber and rearwardly out of engagement therewith, and a latch on the back of said brush and arranged to hold the box in its rear position, as specified.

2. The combination with a blacking-brush and its dauber secured to the back thereof, of a wheel mounted on the back of the brush, an arm rigidly secured in and extending from the periphery of said. wheel, the said arm carryin g a blacking-box and a push-rod pivotally connected with said wheel approximately opposite said arm and by which the blackingbox is carried to engagement with the dauber,

as set forth.

3. The combination, with a blacking-brush and its dauber, of a wheel mounted to revolve on the back of the brush, a blacking-box attached to said wheel, which box in one position is adapted to receive the upper portion of the dauber, an arm pivotally connected with said wheel, and a casing surrounding the dauber, said casing being raised and lowered by said arm, means, substantially as described, for rotating said wheel, and means for guiding the movement of the arm as and for the purpose specified.

4. The combination, with a blacking-box and its dauber, of a wheel mounted to revolve upon the brush, a box adapted to carry blacking and attached to said wheel, the box in one position being capable of receiving the upper edge of the dauber, a casing surrounding the dauber, capable of movement to and from the box and of engagement therewith, an arm carrying the said casing, the arm being pivot-ally attached to the wheel, a guide through which said arm passes and a rod pivotally attached to said wheel at a point opposite the attachment of said arm, said rod being adapted to cause rotation of the wheel, as and for the purpose set forth.

- JOSEPH R. DE \VITT.

Witnesses:

CHAS. T. J OHNSON, ALBERTO M. C. GAVEIO. 

